湖南省雅礼中学2014届高三上学期第三次月考英语试题试卷(2)

24. The rich, for ________ money was not a problem, wanted to buy the whole building in this area if possible.
A. their           B. his           C. whom         D. whose
25. There were two rooms in the house, _________ served as a kitchen.
A. the smaller one of which            B. the smaller one    
C. the smaller of them                D. and the smaller one of which
26. You can use a large plastic bottle, with its top________, as a pot to grow young plants in.
  A. cutting off       B. cut off      C. to cut off       D. being cut off
27. The only criterion for including a paper in this kind of books ________ its high quotability（引用）. We don't want anything that few experts lay their eyes on.
   A. has         B. have            C. is         D. are  
28. No sooner ________ finished watching that programme about those extinct species, than she decided to join the Wildlife Conservation Organization.
A. he finished     B. has he finished      C. did he finish        D. had he finished 
29. ________ the extraordinary beauty of Changling is the Ling’en Palace, known for its simple design and painted ceiling.
  A. Adding         B. Adding to         C. Added         D. Added to
30. During the game, the coach looked ________ he had eaten a lemon, probably because he knew his team was playing poorly.   
  A. in that          B. in case           C. as though       D. even though
31. When the Americans objected to this, the British would not compromise, but ________ control over their American colonies instead, taking away many of their rights, and ________soldiers there in order to make sure that the people would obey them.
  A. increase; stationing                   B. increasing; station      
  C. increased; stationing                  D. increased; stationed
32. The students invited to the Halloween party may dress________ they please.
  A. whatever         B. wherever         C. whenever        D. however
33. In the experiment, we are often waken up twice a night and asked what we ________.
  A. have been dreaming    B. had dreamt     C. are dreaming    D. will dream
34. I________ no to his conditions, and I________ such trouble now.
  A. could say；wouldn't be in         B. could have said；wouldn't be in
  C. could say；wouldn't have been in    D. could have said；wouldn't have been in
35. Did you take enough money with you? —No, I needed ________ I thought I would.
  A. no so much as    B. as much as    C. much more than    D. much less than                     
Section B (18 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In June 2008, when looking at my appointment book, I found I had only two customers all month. Starting my speech pathology (病理学) practice in 2000, I gradually grew the business to 13 employees. However, by last year, people weren’t paying for   36   treatment the way they had been, for the insurance companies were tightening their belts. Therefore, I   37   my own pay by 20% in order not to let anyone go. My husband Brian, who had been working in military intelligence for 20 years   38   staying home with our kids, tried to rejoin the workforce.
We’ve always been interested in food safety and in   39   the kids where their food comes from. We prefer fresh vegetables from small farms. I had    40    chickens while growing up in nearby Little Rock city. So we wondered    41   we began developing farming.
We started with two pigs. When a local farmer   42   we breed laying hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, we finally reached an agreement. Brian built cages with wheels so that we could move our chickens around on fresh grass    43   our seven acres of land, and we bought more animals. It was scary and   44  . What should we do if no one bought anything?
But people did purchase. The local farmer took   45   to sell to his costumers, and today he buys about 30 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ market, we sell out completely, earning $300 to $500 a day. In the following year, the farm should gross about $40,000. To my   46  , the children assisted us, which is   47   because we have to take care of 570 laying hens and 300 chickens. On the farm, we not only enjoy happy life but also experience physically well-pleasing work, which I’m grateful for.